Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold mixed 20.00 lower to 20.00 higher. Heifers sold 5.00 - 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 - 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.70/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −46.75 against this barn's trailing median of $368.46.

Average price

$321.70

5 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$47.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.44

vs MS average

−43.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	350.00	1,899	2thin
Medium and Large 2	535	302.84	1,620	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.16/cwt here — about $279 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $406.51, low $344.80, median $368.46 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

321.70

—

MS average14 barns · 238 hd

337.15

−15.44

National average198 barns · 25,157 hd

365.61

−43.91

This barn, trailing median9 sales

368.46

−46.75

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,563	169.95	2,657	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,378	157.79	2,173	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	153.68	1,633	8thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$2,230	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$1,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	750	$1,575	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	680	$1,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

64 lots · USDA AMS · Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	409.24/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,477	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	389.28/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	399.95/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	361.15/cwt	325.00–380.00	1,697	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	437.45/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	412.48/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	378.46/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,086	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	386.17/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	405.66/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,314	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	297.52/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	366.69/cwt	325.00–390.00	1,382	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	321.68/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,985	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	413.71/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,543	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	386.05/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,633	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	449.90/cwt	410.00–470.00	1,543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	302.84/cwt	265.00–322.50	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	346.61/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	376.56/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,815	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	705	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	934	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	168.90/cwt	164.00–173.00	1,669	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	151.83/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,767	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	165.54/cwt	163.00–168.00	2,218	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	150.03/cwt	148.00–152.00	2,123	2
Bulls	—	—	1,320	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	413.60/cwt	350.00–460.00	1,129	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	374.02/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,197	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	1
Bulls	—	—	1,945	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,696	1
Bulls	—	—	1,517	168.91/cwt	166.00–170.00	2,562	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	2,230.09/head	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,230	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	346.96/cwt	280.00–375.00	1,485	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	880	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	680	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	490.04/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	336.64/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,111	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,090	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	422.68/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,796	2

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Tue Nov 4, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 218Last week 203Year ago 120

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 31Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 15Year ago 5

Compared to last week: Steers sold mixed 20.00 lower to 20.00 higher. Heifers sold 5.00 - 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 - 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	465.00	465.00
1	350–400	380	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	425	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	465	395.00–405.00	399.95
2	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	580	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	627	330.00–345.00	336.64
1	650–700	670	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	413	410.00–415.00	412.48
3	450–500	482	365.00–390.00	376.56
1	550–600	590	295.00	295.00
3	600–650	617	315.00–325.00	321.68
1	950–1000	960	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	420.00	420.00
7	300–350	324	400.00–415.00	405.66
7	350–400	361	400.00–415.00	409.24
4	400–450	428	380.00–395.00	386.17
1	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	510	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	645	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	760	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	395.00	395.00
3	250–300	287	350.00–400.00	378.46
7	300–350	320	340.00–395.00	374.02
11	350–400	377	325.00–390.00	366.69
8	400–450	428	280.00–375.00	346.96
3	450–500	487	340.00–355.00	346.61
3	500–550	535	265.00–322.50	302.84
2	600–650	640	295.00–300.00	297.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	510.00	510.00
1	250–300	275	505.00	505.00
2	300–350	303	485.00–495.00	490.04
2	350–400	368	435.00–440.00	437.45
2	400–450	425	415.00–430.00	422.68
8	450–500	460	385.00–400.00	389.28
1	500–550	510	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	415.00	415.00
3	250–300	273	350.00–460.00	413.60
3	300–350	343	410.00–470.00	449.90
8	350–400	373	405.00–425.00	413.71
7	400–450	423	375.00–410.00	386.05
8	450–500	470	325.00–380.00	361.15
1	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	575	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	132.50	132.50
2	—	988	164.00–173.00	168.90
5	—	1,164	149.00–154.00	151.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	163.00–168.00	165.54
2	—	1,415	148.00–152.00	150.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	153.00	153.00
1	—	1,945	190.00	190.00
3	—	1,517	166.00–170.00	168.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,160	1,900.00–2,500.00	2,230.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	2,300.00	2,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	197.50	197.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	183.00	183.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	1,575.00	1,575.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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